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1In The Penalty Box — When a company s stock price is in the doldrums and has yet to rebound because of poor earnings, government regulation or another reason. Sometimes you ll hear an analyst say they are going to be in the penalty box for some time to come. This… …
2Penalty box — The penalty box (sometimes called the sin bin [cite web|url=http://media.www.michigandaily.com/media/storage/paper851/news/2004/02/04/UndefinedSection/sin Bin.Awaits.Naughty.Icers 1421994.shtml|publisher=Michigan Daily|title= Sin bin awaits… …
3penalty box — penalty boxes 1) N COUNT: usu the N in sing In soccer, the penalty box is the same as the penalty area. [mainly BRIT] 2) N COUNT In ice hockey, the penalty box is an area in which players who have broken a rule have to sit for a period of time …
4penalty box — noun a) An enclosed bench where a player must remain for timed period (a penalty) that is assessed after an infraction. Both players got to cool their heels for five minutes in their respective penalty boxes after the fight. b) The penalty area.… …
5penalty box — {n.} A place where penalized hockey players are required to go to wait until the penalty is over. * /Two players got into a fight and were sent to the penalty box for two minutes./ …
6penalty box — {n.} A place where penalized hockey players are required to go to wait until the penalty is over. * /Two players got into a fight and were sent to the penalty box for two minutes./ …
7penalty\ box — noun A place where penalized hockey players are required to go to wait until the penalty is over. Two players got into a fight and were sent to the penalty box for two minutes …
8penalty box — n. 1. Hockey a small, enclosed area just outside the wall surrounding the rink, where a player removed from the game must wait as a penalty 2. Soccer the large rectangular area directly in front of each goal where a foul committed by a defensive… …
9penalty box — penalty .box n 1.) an area off the ice where a player in ↑ice hockey must wait after not obeying a rule 2.) a penalty area …
10penalty box — penalty ,box noun count a place next to the ice where an ICE HOCKEY player stays for a short time after breaking a rule …
